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Tag Archives: Regent College
Studying Online with Regent College
Hi friends. As some of you know, I do a lot of teaching online. I have been a “distance education instructor” in a variety of forms for 16 years now. Continuing a series from earlier in the year, I want … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Bible, graduate school, Iain Provan, Regent College, seminary, theology
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Wake Me Up When September Comes: A Note on Teaching this Fall
Summer has come and passed, at least here in Prince Edward Island. As the unofficial farmer’s almanac committee that have their meetings at the Tim Horton’s gauge it, our PEI summer typically breaks on the Gold Cup & Saucer weekend. … Continue reading
“Clarity, Care, Connection, and Credibility: Lessons from 15 Years of Online Teaching”: My Talk the UPEI Community Teaching Conference
Recently, the University of Prince Edward Island hosted a Teaching Community Conference–an annual event but one moved online due to COVID-19. My talk was called “Clarity, Care, Connection, and Credibility,” and I highlighted the core principles and simple tips I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged digital education, Digital Humanities, online teaching, Regent College, Signum University, Teaching, UPEI
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Bono and Eugene Peterson on the Psalms and Art (Friday Feature)
Last week I wrote about the passing of Eugene Peterson and his impact on my spiritual and literary life. In particular, it was Eugene’s classes that led me to a recovery and reimagining of my vocation of writing and scholarship and … Continue reading
On the Passing of Eugene Peterson, with Gerard Manley Hopkins
For those that know of Eugene Peterson‘s work and have felt the impact of his life spent as a pastor-theologian, you probably already know that he passed away earlier this week. Christianity Today has a nice write-up (see here), and so … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged American evangelicalism, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, C.S. Lewis, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Ephesians, Eugene Peterson, evangelical, Frederick Buechner, George MacDonald, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Regent College, Under the Unpredictable Plant
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The Regent College BS Guild and the Inklings
It was a brief and intensely happy time of my life. My wife and I moved from rural Japan to the grand city of Vancouver. Never having lived in anything more than a small town and moving from a mountain … Continue reading
Teacher of the Year!
I am feeling very honoured to have received the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching at the UPEI banquet last night. It was very moving to be honoured in such a way, before my friends and colleagues and with five … Continue reading
Regent College’s Inklings Related Lectures on Sale (Friday Feature)
A lecture series is a great way to discover a new area, to deepen knowledge in our areas of concentration, or to reboot a reading project. Over a season of painting houses I used iTunesU and some other lecture resources … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Friday, Reviews
Tagged Alister McGrath, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Crystal Downing, J.R.R. Tolkien, lectures, Michael Ward, Ralph Wood, Regent College
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On Pretending to be in a PhD (pt. 2)
In my 400th blog post I noted that in 2011 I began pretending I was in a PhD. It is doubtless an odd thing to say, though it has been normal for me for so long I didn’t even think … Continue reading